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Richard Bacon leaves 6Music
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Today around 7 minutes to 5 Richard said he is leaving 6Music after next weeks show, good news for many, who will replace him? Would be great to get Phil Jupitus back or Pete Mitchell or even better idea extend Liz and Jon's shows by an hour.
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However if he has left to concentrate on the far more high-profile 5 Live gig, I'd fully understand that.
Lamb, Bacon, please don't employ any other meat based presenters on 6!!
Mike
Holmes should go back to the middle of the afternoon show and ...........no idea for the replacement.
Unlike George Lamb, he'll be missed.
I hope they give his slot to Jon Holmes (or maybe lengthen his show), it's the best show on the station since Russell Howard, Jon Richardson and George Lamb left.
Richard Herring has left Stewart Lee for Andrew Collins while Stuart Maconie's transferred his affections from Andrew to Mark Radcliffe!
I guess Stewart Lee with Marc Riley would complete the circle?
With all due respect, I feel you may be missing the rationality for 6Music existing. It was never intended to be a station for wacky presenters or comedians honing their act with a bit of light white boy guitar indie and golden oldies in between. It was supposed to present a more considered approach to all forms of popular music simply not covered elsewhere on radio. Which is why the most treasured presenters on the network are people like Gideon Coe, Marc Riley, Jarvis, Stuart Maconie, Cerys Matthews and the most recent appointment, Tom Ravenscroft.
I'm not saying those DJ's you listed are poor (apart from the lamentable Lamb, who was a fish out of water from day one), and heaven knows what Mark and Lard achieved in the presentation of music without sacrificing their comedy chops, but they're not really the reason the station quickly found its way into the hearts of thousands of real music lovers.
What 6Music does need is a more music orientated show on Saturday afternoons, to break up what has become rather too much of a comedy banter day (with Adam & Joe/Collins & Herring, Bacon and Jon Holmes) on the station. Mark Radcliffe would be ideal, of course.
I completely understand the reasons for 6music's existence. I listen to it throughout the week, because I enjoy the music that is played. 6music has put me onto a lot of stuff that I wouldn't have heard otherwise and I am thankful for that.
However, when it comes to liking certain DJs, the comedy presenters are the more entertaining (in my opinion). There is obviously a reason why the station have or have had comedy presenters...if they didn't want them, they wouldn't employ them; this is the station that started out with shows presented by Phill Jupitus and Sean Hughes.
I personally enjoy the comedy on a saturday and these are the shows that I always make sure I listen to, rather than just catch now and again. And while I agree that George Lamb wasn't the best presenter for the station, that is where he was and so that is where I listened to him. I found his shows to be very funny, even though I am someone who should have found it incredibly annoying (because I did at first!!).
You're right in terms of the original intention, but but wall-to-wall serious muso presentation can be very dry. The presenters with obvious empathy with the music and the ability to be entertaining/funny appeal most to me. It was where the original Xfm got it wrong at first. They thought it would be enough to play very alternative stuff with very little "entertainment" (with the obvious exception of Mr Gervais). I wrote to Sammy Jacobs to say it needed to lighten up, as it was like eating a bowl of dry muesli. They were just getting it right (with improving Rajar) when Park got his chequebook out.
I think the weekdays on 6 could do with a shake up, as none of the presenters do it for me. Keaveny is too dry for the mornings, Nemone is bland, and In all these years I never discovered a personality in Lamaq. "Good Day/Bad Day" is cringeworthy as he doesn't easily interact with people (though I've been on it meself!). Huey Morgan is OK on a weekend slot, but is wearying every day. Not that I'm looking forward to Lauren Laverne's return, as she tries too hard to be zany DJ. Instead of Andrew Collins being the stock stand-in, he should get a regular daytime show. His funny geeky style suits the station, and he is a total muso. I prefer him solo than with Herring who is about as funny as a burning orphanage. Meat beats fish.
I truly love the station, but it could do better. And as I keep saying - stop repeating their A/B playlist so heavily.
They should continue the meat theme for Bacon's show and reunite Mark and.....Lard.
More likely to be David Mansfield getting out the chequebook for such a deal, I doubt the Programme Director would have such power!
Good call if they aren't going to extend Liz and Jon.
However this would mean that I would be indicating that I “love the show” which would mean I would occur a ban and not be able to listen to the last week.
So I'll say I'm pleased he's going and hope he never darkens 6Music's door again.
Just to cover myself in case of ban: The show was consistently atrocious and very little originality or humour was present throughout its short lived existence.
Nah, what would complete the circle would be Collins and Maconie,
Riley and an imported Radcliffe,(weekends), 8-11 and 11-3) Jupitus and Wilding 7-10, Coe at 10-1 Monday to Thursday, H. Morgan 1-3, Adam and Joe 3-5, Vic McGlynn till7, Auntie Lala 7-9, Tom Robinson till Midnight.(Weekdays)
Oh, sorry, just drifted into "My Dream 6 Music lineup"
I'd hope that Jon Holmes somehow got an extra hour out of it, because his show always seemed rushed since it was cut down from three hours.